In his thought-provoking book, Richard Hill examined the many-faced
relationship between aesthetic theory and architecture. Grounding
his arguments in the practical issues related to building -- he
demands of site, materials, labor force, the nature of the
commission -- Hill expands our understanding and enjoyment of
architecture while offering especially valuable insights for
students of architecture and the history of architecture.
The book opens with an analysis of the relationship between
buildings, drawings, and designs. Hill suggests that architectural
drawings are essentially pictures of physical objects, although
initially they may be imagined ones, and he considers the
implications of this for architects and builders. He discusses the
notion of "architectural experience" that has been important in the
development of modern architecture, and the notion of "seeing as"
that has been developed for other visual arts and that illuminates
a range of architecture meaning. Asking how architecture can be
expressive of a range of human states and qualities, Hill tests the
idea that our ability to see the expressive aspects of buildings
relates to our ability to see meaning in the faces and demeanor of
other people. In the final section of the book, the author focuses
on modern architecture's central aim to deepen the connection
between usefulness and design, explores recent intense criticism of
this outlook, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of this
body of criticism.
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